their playoffs alive. >> here is my question about the bengals. do you see them as still on the rise? >> you didn't see the game? because they were -- i mean, they got a great defensive line, they sacked toney romo. they had him under pressure. a.j. green, who is great, dropped a bunch of passes and they had about three or four dropped interceptions that would have turned it around. they didn't convert some third -- i watched the whole game and as i said, it was devastating for just a regular season games. >> i've been a bengals fan, seriously, since ken anderson. >> gregg cook. >> yeah, craig cook from the university of cincinnati. i remember those guys. i loved them. bob trumping, chris collinsworth. john harwood, thank you. and i was happening that rg3, no real damage, hopefully. comments, questions on anything you see here on squawk, e-mail us, squawk@cnbc.com. >>> still to come, one of the most cited voices since the fiscal cliff, erskine bowles. he he loves the rise above. first, we're going to head to the futures pits in chicago and see whi